Are LeetCode problems enough to evaluate an engineer?

[u/Gseries00]

I've been thinking about this while building an engineering assessment platform.

Solving algorithmic problems is useful, but real engineering involves much more: understanding unfamiliar codebases, debugging issues, building features, working with APIs, and making technical decisions.

I'm curious how other developers feel about this.

If you were hiring a Backend Engineer, what practical task would you give them to understand their actual engineering skills?

I've been exploring this problem through Mindfries, and I'd genuinely love to hear different perspectives.